59. What's Your Name?
What's your name? You might think you know the answer, but in this episode of Sideways, Matthew Syed discovers the answer could be more complicated than you first assume.
What's your name? You might think you know, but in this episode of Sideways, Matthew Syed discovers the answer could be more complicated than you first assume.
That's what Hajar found out, after spending her whole life searching for a name to truly call her own.
This is the story of our names, and the influence they have over who we are and who we choose to become.
With Hajar Woodland, Eva Echo, Emilia Aldrin, David Zhu and Arjee Restar.
Presenter: Matthew Syed
Producer: Leigh Meyer
Series Editor: Katherine Godfrey
Sound design and mix by Daniel Kempson
Theme tune by Ioana Selaru
A Novel production for 91热爆 Radio 4
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